(Encyclopedia) Arthur I, 1187–1203?, duke of Brittany (1196–1203?), son of Geoffrey, fourth son of Henry II of England and Constance, heiress of Brittany. Arthur, a posthumous child, was proclaimed…
(Encyclopedia) Bowles, Chester BlissBowles, Chester Blissbōlz [key], 1901–86, U.S. public official, b. Springfield, Mass.; grandson of Samuel Bowles (1851–1915). At first a journalist and an…
(Encyclopedia) Chester, city (2020 pop. 32,605), Delaware co., SE Pa., on the Delaware River south of Philadelphia; settled c.1644 by Swedes, inc. as a…
(Encyclopedia) Carlson, Chester Floyd, 1906–68, American inventor; b. Seattle, Wash. A patent lawyer, he invented (1938) xerography, a method of electrostatic printing. For the next two decades he…
(Encyclopedia) Waley, Arthur, 1889–1966, English orientalist, b. London as Arthur David Schloss, educated at Cambridge. He was and still is considered one of the world's great Asian scholars. His…
LIVERMORE, Arthur, (son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Edward St. Loe Livermore), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., July 29, 1766; received…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1899; 1903-1906Party: Democrat; DemocratGORMAN, Arthur Pue, a Senator from Maryland; born in Woodstock, Howard County, Md., March 11, 1839; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) French, Daniel Chester, 1850–1931, American sculptor, b. Exeter, N.H., studied in Florence and in Boston with William Rimmer. After executing his first large work, The Minute Man (1875…
(Encyclopedia) Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander Milne)Milne, A. A.mĭln, mĭl [key], 1882–1956, English author. Milne began his literary career as a journalist and later became a regular contributor to…
